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LOT 2492
Natural History - Large Meteoritic Tektite Group [12]
1 7/8 in. (969 grams total, 47-83 mm).
Meteoric glass, melted terrestrial rock splashed from an impact crater, most roughly ovoid in shape. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Mexico.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
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